Videos from Russia about Russian Life, Old Soviet Cartoons, Movies and Films!

Monthly Archives: July 2009

Today we’ll watch a several video fragments about kids who are studying in Russian Circus School. Maybe these kids work too much, maybe they did not play as much as another kids of their age but don’t feel sorry for them. They love circus and they want to work in circus “Because it’s beautiful in circus”.

Today we are watching a cute and touching old Soviet cartoon “Mother for a little mammoth”, 1981 with English subtitles. Once, a little mammoth cub melted out from ice in the Arctic… and since he was a very little mammoth cub he wanted to find his Mommy. Because, he truly believes “It’s not possible for children to be lost” (Ведь так не бывает на свете, чтоб были потеряны дети).

Everyday since we moved to Suburb of Moscow I take a local train to go at work (to Moscow) and back. And I really love to take pictures and shoot videos so I will show you a lot of these stuff. That is interesting even for me because that is absolutely new area for me and I feel a little bii like stranger here.

By the way such local trains we call elektrichka (электричка) in Russian because this train is moving by electrical power.

The video is a little bit noisy because there was another train ran the same direction.

I always find these Orthodox chant videos to be interesting and very powerful. They seem to bring out what real music from the soul is…. (You can feel your soul and heart and soul heal from the stress of life while listening to these﻿ Holy chants.)

We did not post Russian Video from Russia for several days… We moved from Moscow to some town (Korolev) outside Moscow and we had problems with Internet, now Kyle is in Ukraine and has some problems there, so I’ll leave for Ukraine to help him in a little bit. To follow our news read our blog “Windows to Russia” and here I just want to publish one of my most favorite songs “Nightly Journey” maybe because I will have one soon not by car but by train… but it still will be Nightly Journey!

There’s no wiser and more helpful remedy for woesThan the tires’ nightly song.With an endless silver thread of wearing down roads,Sewing o’er lacerations of the soul.

Refrain:Do not get fooled by partings, chum –Their round’s a myth, for certain!Be sure, we’re in for different times,My friend. Believe in journey!There’s no ending to the journey.Here’s an inference, instead:Though journeys are hard, but their lack is bad.

Refrain.

Like a burning cigarette, a stop light in the night:Someone’s also on his way.‘Fellow-stranger, lass or lad, greetings and good bye!Got but headlights on to wink your way.’

Refrain.

Either o’er the engine cowling Morning star suspends,Or wind-screen is besprent with rain.Two wheel tracks are stretching out, left behind your backSo you haven’t lived your life in vain.

Refrain.

Up and down the road-bed runs, but don’t deceive yourself:You and I may not turn back.Frankly speaking, God be praised that we have foes, my friendAccordingly, there must be friends as well.

Refrain.

That’s difficult to say yet but maybe we will have to have some posting break for a couple of weeks… But we will be back. I promise!

Today we are visiting Russian city Tomsk to watch there a real Russian folk dance – Хоровод (Khorovod) – that is Russian circle dance with chorus singing. I think that is really great when people don’t forget their roots and remember folk songs and dances.

16th of July is the middle of summer. If you did not have your vacation yet Russian Video form Russia recommends you to start thinking about it. And to help your thinking of your vacations we’ll show you an old cute Russian cartoon about leisure in the sun “How the Line Cub and the Turtle Sang a Song”. When you are just laying in the sun and life just are going somewhere around and you are worrying of nothing and life is just beautiful and you are just enjoying!

Recently, we’ve watched a video about celebration of 300 anniversary of Poltava Battle in Russia and Ukraine. Today we found a unique documentary about celebration of 200 anniversary of Poltava Battle. This video was made in 1909 and you’ll see a visit of Russian Tsar Nikolai II to Poltava.

I think that is a great silent video – maybe you could come up with some idea about music for it?